Bureaucracy (/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/; bure-OK-rə-see) is a system of organization where decisions are made by a body of non-elected officials. Historically, a...
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Look up bureaucracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bureaucracy is an organizational structure with the task of implementing the decisions and policies...
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As stated by political scientist Samuel Krislov, representative bureaucracy is a notion that "broad social groups should have spokesman and officeholders...
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Bureaucracy is a political book written by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises. The author's motivation in writing the...
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or by one of his representatives—operated the empire's administrative bureaucracy. State officials acted not as magistrates or elected public legates,...
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Jerry Pournelle (redirect from Iron law of bureaucracy)
his is "Pournelle's iron law of bureaucracy": In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control and...
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The Utopia of Rules (redirect from The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy)
Secret Joys of Bureaucracy is a 2015 book by anthropologist David Graeber about how people "relate to" and are influenced by bureaucracies. Graeber previously...
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Bureaucracy is an interactive fiction video game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by comic science fiction author Douglas Adams. Infocom's twenty-fourth...
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Technocracy (redirect from Technocracy (bureaucracy))
hypothetical. In more practical use, technocracy is any portion of a bureaucracy run by technologists. A government in which elected officials appoint...
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Class, Bureaucracy, and Schools: The Illusion of Educational Change in America is a 1971 book by American historian Michael B. Katz. The book focuses...
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Central Superior Services (redirect from Pakistani bureaucracy)
as a "Civil Service of Pakistan". During its time of formation, the bureaucracy produced Ghulam Ishaq Khan who would go on to become the President of...
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Street-level bureaucracy is the subset of a public agency or government institution where the civil servants work who have direct contact with members...
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Iron cage (section Effects of bureaucracies)
metaphor of the iron cage because the bureaucracy is the greatest expression of rationality. Weber wrote that bureaucracies are goal-oriented organizations...
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Organizational theory (section Weberian bureaucracy)
extraordinary progression towards more efficiency." Max Weber's conception of bureaucracy is characterized by the presence of impersonal positions that are earned...
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A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone...
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autocrats, the incoming autocrat often inherits an established bureaucracy. This bureaucracy facilitates the transfer of power, as the new ruler gains immediate...
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than it is the public bureaucracy). Evidence suggests that existing SOEs are typically more efficient than government bureaucracy, but that this benefit...
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has wide-ranging powers stemming from the control of the government bureaucracy, especially in the areas of overall economic or foreign policy. In parliamentary...
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Civil Services of India (redirect from Indian bureaucracy)
colloquially called 'babus' (as in 'the rule of babus'), while Indian bureaucracy is called 'babudom'. The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and...
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Chinese theology (redirect from Celestial Bureaucracy)
Chinese believe that deities or stars, are arranged in a "celestial bureaucracy" which influences earthly activities and is reflected by the hierarchy...
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The Tsarist bureaucracy, alongside the military, the judiciary and the Russian Orthodox Church, played a major role in solidifying and maintaining the...
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Law (section Bureaucracy)
responsible for foreign relations, the military and police, and the bureaucracy. Ministers or other officials head a country's public offices, such as...
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Roman Curia (redirect from Vatican bureaucracy)
The Roman Curia (Latin: Romana Curia) comprises the administrative institutions of the Holy See and the central body through which the affairs of the Roman...
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People Against Bureaucracy (PAB) is a minor political party in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It was founded in 1976 to elect councillors to Tewkesbury...
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2307/309128. JSTOR 309128. Taranovski, Theodore (1984). "Alexander III and his Bureaucracy: The Limitations on Autocratic Power". Canadian Slavonic Papers. 26 (2/3):...
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to exercise over the state bureaucracy, particularly after the death of Stalin, was far from total, with the bureaucracy pursuing different interests...
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the president has selected a non-officeholder because of experience in bureaucracy or foreign service, or success in business management—Dominique de Villepin...
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authorized the widespread imposition of segregation inside the federal bureaucracy. He ousted many African Americans from federal posts and his opposition...
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the permanent bureaucracy of the nation; and is an inseparable part of the executive of the Government of India. As such, the bureaucracy remains politically...
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Americans' everyday lives... President Trump has long pledged to take on this bureaucracy and restore power to the people by draining the swamp". On October 26...
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